Nov 07 The role outside powers are playing in Sudan's continued, brutal war By Lee Keath, Michelle Price, Associated Press For more than two years, Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have torn the country apart in a war for power, both digging in against peace efforts even as atrocities mount and starvation spreads. One reason they can keep… Continue reading
Nov 06 Sudan's paramilitary forces agree to truce proposed by U.S.-led mediator group By Fatma Khaled, Associated Press The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said Thursday it has agreed to a humanitarian truce proposed by a U.S.-led mediator group known as the Quad. Continue reading
Nov 03 Famine is gripping two regions of war-torn Sudan, hunger monitoring group says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The world's leading authority on hunger crises says famine has spread to two regions of war-torn Sudan. Continue reading
Nov 03 ICC prosecutor warns Sudan's paramilitary forces may be committing war crimes in Darfur By Molly Quell, Associated Press On Monday, the court said it is taking immediate steps to collect evidence in El-Fasher for future prosecutions. Continue reading
Nov 02 Fears grow for thousands trapped in Sudan's el-Fasher as few residents reach safety By Noha Elhennawy, Associated Press Only a few thousand Sudanese have reached the nearest camp for displaced people in the days since Sudan’s paramilitary forces seized el-Fasher city, raising fears over tens of thousands who might still be trapped as survivors described killings and other… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 8:45 Sudan's brutal civil war escalates as paramilitary forces go on killing rampage By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Sudan's civil war has entered a new and horrific phase as paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have gone on a killing rampage after taking over the key city of El Fasher in western Darfur. Hundreds of thousands have fled after witnessing… Continue watching
Oct 31 Reported rampage by Sudanese paramilitary force in Darfur puts fate of thousands in question By Sarah El Deeb, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Sudanese fleeing a paramilitary force that seized a city in the country’s Darfur region trickled into a nearby refugee camp Thursday after walking for miles, telling aid workers that roads were littered with bodies. Continue reading
Oct 29 Sudan's paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The World Health Organization says it is appalled by the reports of 460 people killed at Saudi Maternity Hospital. The Sudan Doctors Network says the Rapid Support Forces cold-bloodedly killed everyone inside. Witnesses describe widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 8:04 Sudan's cultural heritage becomes a casualty in its civil war By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Leila Jackson Sudan’s civil war has become a humanitarian catastrophe of staggering scale, marked by famine, ethnic cleansing and sexual violence. Over three years, an estimated 150,000 people have been killed, and nearly 13 million have been forced from their homes. But… Continue watching
Oct 11 Sudanese paramilitary attack kills at least 53 people in North Darfur, aid group says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A shelling and drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a shelter in a besieged city in the Darfur region, killing at least 53 people, a doctors’ group said Saturday. The onslaught was the latest in Sudan's more than two-year… Continue reading